The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has awarded
the Armory $120,000 to support exhibitions and related
programming over the next 2 years. The Armory is the only
Pasadena institution to receive a 2015 Warhol Foundation
grant, and just one of three Southern California
institutions to do so (a sincere congratulations to our Los
Angeles colleagues LACE and Clockshop for their awards).

These poignant self portraits are from a 2015 Armory
exhibition of masks created by adult students from New
Opportunities Charter School — a school for LA County
inmates who do not have a high school diploma or GED. These
masks examine the culture and emotions of incarcerated
adults.

With the support of friends, volunteers, and donors, artist
Kim Abeles and her team have spent the last several weeks
giving a much-needed makeover to one of Pasadena's most
unusual and informative public art pieces nearly 14 years
after it's installation. Abeles' Illuminated Fig Leaves consists of over 35
laser-cut, metal fig leaves (each measuring 5 feet) that
climb the rear exterior walls of the Marriott and the
Armory.